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Guide to Chamber Music
by Melvin Berger  Publisher Comments Authoritative, beautifully written guide presents 231 of the most frequently performed pieces of chamber music by 55 composers. For each, the author gives a brief biography, followed by discussions of the individual compositions — both their...
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The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet (Cambridge Companions to Music)
by Robin Stowell Publisher Comments This survey of the string quartet by ten chamber music specialists focuses on four main areas: social and musical background to the genre's development; celebrated ensembles and their significance; and string quartet playing. It reviews aspects of...
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Jazz Improvisation #0001: Jazz Improvisation 1: Tonal and Rhythmic Principles
by John Mehegan Publisher Comments The fundamentals of jazz are explained and systemized in 70 lessons based on 60 jazz standards. Covers the styles of musicians from Buddy Bolden to Dizzy Gillespie....
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Indivisible by Four: A String Quartet in Pursuit of Harmony
by Arnold Steinhardt Publisher Comments The Guarneri Quartet is fabled for its unique longevity and high-spirited virtuosity. Here is its story from the inside--a story filled with drama, humor, danger, compassion, and, of course, glorious music. A player who studies and performs the exalted...
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Indoor Percussion Ensembles and Drum Corps
by Daniel Fyffe Publisher Comments Indoor percussion ensembles and drum corps are two of the more musical spirit activities. Follow the band experiences from audition to international...
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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50 (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
by W. Dean Sutcliffe Publisher Comments The Op. 50 string quartets contain some of the purest writing Haydn ever accomplished. In this first full account of the six quartets, Dean Sutcliffe evaluates the Op. 50 in relation to Haydn's more frequently performed quartets and considers their...
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Mozart's Clarinet Concerto: The Clarinetist's View
by David Etheridge Publisher Comments Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, written in 1791 during the last months of the composer's life, is the most frequently performed and highly revered concerto in clarinet literature. Dr. Etheridge examines the concerto in detail and analyzes the musical...
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Beyond the Notes: Journeys with Chamber Music
by Susan Tomes Publisher Comments We knew from her recordings that Susan Tomes is a superb chamber player; now we know that she's a superb writer too. Michael Church, INDEPENDENT She is as sensitive an observer and as subtle a writer as she is one of our finest chamber musicians...This...
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Verklarte Nacht
by Arnold Schoenberg Publisher Comments Inspired by Richard Dehmel's poem "Verklärte Nacht" ("Transfigured Night"), this 1899 work for string sextet is very much in the late-Romantic tradition. Schoenberg deftly translates the poem's pathos into a monumental work of chamber music. The...
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Goin' to Kansas City
by Nathan W. Pearson Publisher Comments The great bands of the Kansas City era drew on many styles to create a distinctive music that was among the finest expressions of swing and laid groundwork for modern jazz. Interviews and narrative combine in this intimate view of the development of an...
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Twentieth-century Chamber Music (03 Edition)
by James Mccalla Publisher Comments "20th-Century Chamber Music" features an introduction giving a chronological overview of 20th-century chamber music and the major composers in the style, setting in context the following chapters that cover a wide selection of chamber works grouped...
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Works for String Quartet
by Alban Berg Publisher Comments This impressive volume brings together three major twentieth-century chamber works: Berg's String Quartet No. 1, Op. 3; Stravinsky's Three Pieces for String Quartet; and Webern's Five Movements for String Quartet. Reprinted from authoritative sources...
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Franck S Sonata in A & Faure S Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano: With Separate Violin Part
by Cesar Franck Publisher Comments Two great sonatas. Franck's Sonata in A for Violin and Piano boasts inventiveness, melodic charm. Faure ' s Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Op. 13 possesses clarity, elegance. Authoritative Breitkopf & Ha rtel editions....
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The English Madrigal
by Edmund H. Fellowes Publisher Comments The English Madrigal By Edmund H. Fellowes. Originally published in 1925. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these...
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The String Player's Guide to Chamber Music
by James Christensen Publisher Comments With this revised and enlarged edition of "The String Player's Guide to Chamber Music," music lovers learn to play well-known works by Mozart, and Beethoven, among others. The book evaluates each piece, identifying problems performers may face and...
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40 Etudes for Solo Cello, Opus 73
by Dmitry Yablonsky Publisher Comments Popper (1843-1913) was among the greatest cellists of all time, and this set of etudes is universally acknowledged as being among the finest — and most difficult — ever composed. Newly engraved edition. A must for serious cellists....
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Arranging and Orchestration with CD (Audio) (Complete Idiot's Guides)
by Michael Miller Publisher Comments Music-making made easyCD included. There are few books on arranging and orchestration, fewer yet that are recent, and none that explain the process easily in a fun-to-read fashion. This book demonstrates how to take a simple composition and arrange it...
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Orchestration
by Cecil Forsyth Synopsis Probably best general book on the subject. Thorough discussion of 57 instruments, technical aspects of writing for each, much else....
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Chopin (His Greatest Series)
by Amsco Music Publisher Comments Forty titles, including Butterfly Etude, Grand Valse Billante, Mazurka In B-F!at, Military Polonaise, Nocturne In B, Fantaisie Impromptu, and Funeral March....
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Piano Quartet & Quintet: Style, Structure & Scoring
by Basil Smallman Publisher Comments Designed as a companion volume to the author's earlier study, The Piano Trio, this book surveys the development of the piano quartet and quintet from their beginnings in the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. Developments during the first four...
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